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H.- B. WILLIAMS.

CUFF HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 6. 1889.

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UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY B. WVILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE SELF-ATTACHING CUFF HOLDER COMPANY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,679, dated August 6, 1889.

' Application filed December 3, 1888' Serial No. 292,509. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY B. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Attachin g C uif l lolders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cuff-holders, and particularly to the manner of attaching them to the sleeves of garments.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient, cheap, and durable cuff-holder, that is attached to the sleeves of garments without sewing, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth, the essential features being pointed out particularly in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of th1s specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a sleeve and cuff in which my device is used as the cuif-holder, the sleeve being broken away, showing position of parts inside the sleeve. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my self-attaching cuff-holder with the sheet of gutta-percha removed from the back face thereof, (in which the dark surface indicates the gutta-percharemoved,) showing the formation of the elastic loop and the manner of stitching its ends to the textile body of the holder. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of my self-attaching cuff-holder, taken on dotted line a: w of Fig. 2. Fig. etis an enlarged longitudinal section, taken on dotted line 3 y of Fig. 1, showing my improved cuff -holder with all parts attached.

' D, the layer or coating of gutta-percha or Through thisslot the two ends of the elastic tape are passed, forming the loop Z. Said ends of the elastic tape are then stitched to the textile body of the cuff-holder, as clearly shown at s s in Fig. 2. Said stitching firmly secures the elastic tape to the textile body. The sheet or layer D of gutta-percha is then placed on the textile body of the cuff-holder, covering the ends of the elastic tape, and by the application of heat is made to adhere thereto. l/Vhen so constructed, the cuff-holder is complete and ready to be attached to the sleeves of garments, which is accomplished by placing the cuff-holder with the guttapercha face D next to the inner side or lining of the sleeve and at such distance from the end of the sleeve as will show the proper margin of the cuff below the end of the sleeve when the cuff-stud c is buttoned to the clastic loop Z of the cuff-holder. Then by ap plying a hot iron to the textile face of the cuff-holder the gutta-percha or adhesive agent D is caused to adhere to the inner side or lining of the sleeve, thusfirmly securing the cuff-holder in position, as. clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The herein-described cuif-holder may be made without stitching the ends of the clastic tape to the textile body T of the holder, as an adhesive agent of sufficient power can be used that will firmly secure the ends of the elastic tape to the textile body of the cuff-holder without the means of said stitch- 111g.

Instead of using the gutta-percha in sheet form, known as tissue, and securing it to the textile fabric of the cuff-holder by the application of heat, the guttapercha may be 5 Having thus fully set forth my invention, In testimonywhereof Iaifix my signature in TO what I claim as new, and desire to secure by presence of two Witnesses. Letters Patent, is

In a device for the purposes specified, the HARRY B. WILLIAMS. 5 combination of the textile-fabric body T, the

elastic-tape loop Z, having its ends attached Witnesses:

to said body, and the coating of gutta-per- FRED C. KEELY, cha made adherent to the textile-fabric body, C. G. F. MCMANNUS, Jr. substantially as specified. 

